The 1920s was a decade full of social changes and culture conflicts. Many more Americans were moving from farms to the cities. The most populated and famous city during the 1920s was New York City. Many new people were becoming famous for music in the decade. The 1920s comes after the first world war and before the Great Depression. The decade was full of jazzbands, flappers, gin, speakeazies, and flagpole sitters. There was also a dark side to the Roaring Twenties as well that most people do not recognize. Below are a list of inventions, important dates, elections, people, and cultural changes.
Inventions
-Band Aid
-Hair Dryer
-Automobile with Combustion engine
-Lie detector
-Traffic Light
-Radio
-Refridgerator
-Airplane used by government
-Credit Cards
-Movies
-Rocket
-Frozen Foods
-Penicillin
Important Events Timeline
1920 - November 2: First Radio broadcast; President Warren Harding elected; women get their first vote
1921 - September 8: First Miss America pageant held in Atlantic City; November 11: Unknown soldier of World War I buried
1922 - November 26: Archaeologist Howard Carter finds tomb of Tutankhamen near Luxor, Egypt
1923 - August 2: President Harding dies; August 3: Vice President Calvin Coolidge is sworn into office as president
1924 - February 3: Former President Woodrow Wilson dies; November 4: Calvin Coolidge is elected President
1925 - October 2: Scottish inventor John Baird invents the first form of a television
1927 - First talking movie, The Jazz Singer released; May 20: Spirit of St. Louis and pilot Charles Lindbergh land in Paris
1928 - September 19: First Mickey Mouse talking film, Steamboat Willie, released by Walt Disney; November 6: Herbert Hoover elected President
1929 - October 24: Start of the Stock Market Crash
Warren G. Harding won the election of 1920 by a landslide. Calvin Coolidge took office after Harding died in 1923. Coolidge was now the 30th president and was in office from 1923-1929.
Famous People during the 1920s
Louise Brooks - Dancer and Movie Star
Gloria Swanson - Movie Star
Coco Chanel - Celebrity Fashion Designer
Charles Lindbergh - Famous Aviator and adventurer
Al Capone - Famous Gangster
F. Scott Fitzgerald - Self-proclaimed "Flapper King" & Author of The Great Gatsby
Jack Dempsey - Boxer
Babe Ruth - Baseball Player and unofficial King of New York
Albert Einstein - Famous Scientist
Duke Ellington- Leader of the Cotton Club
Charlie Chaplin- Director, Composer, Actor, Musician
Marcus Garvey- Black Civil Rights Activist
Duke Ellington
Charlie Chaplin
Marcus Garvey
CoCo Chanel
Cultural and Social Changes in America during the 1920s
The role of women changed dramatically during the 1920s
Women were now allowed to vote
They were also put to work and took up jobs of the men when they were at war
Alcoholic beveragerswere prohibited which caused underground bars knows as speakeasies
Girls now dressed more provacative and sexier that before
Gangsters became big in the 1920s
A common fad was women and men now smoking ciggarettes
Women now cut their hair very shorts
Swing dancing and jazz also became extremely popular
Women began to wear makeup
Harlem Renaissance began African American literature and had a significant impact on black literature and consciousness
The things that most people do not recognize of the 1920s
Racism was a huge problem in the 1920s
Example of racism is Sacco and Venzetticase, they didnt reiceve a fair trail
Hatred towards the Jewish, most immigrants, and blacks
Jim Crow Laws still existed in the south which made seperate facilites for blacks and whites
The KKK was an awful group that was against blacks and whoever was not christian or American
1920's!
The 1920s was a decade full of social changes and culture conflicts. Many more Americans were moving from farms to the cities. The most populated and famous city during the 1920s was New York City. Many new people were becoming famous for music in the decade. The 1920s comes after the first world war and before the Great Depression. The decade was full of jazzbands, flappers, gin, speakeazies, and flagpole sitters. There was also a dark side to the Roaring Twenties as well that most people do not recognize. Below are a list of inventions, important dates, elections, people, and cultural changes.
Inventions
-Band Aid
-Hair Dryer
-Automobile with Combustion engine
-Lie detector
-Traffic Light
-Radio
-Refridgerator
-Airplane used by government
-Credit Cards
-Movies
-Rocket
-Frozen Foods
-Penicillin
Important Events Timeline
1920 - November 2: First Radio broadcast; President Warren Harding elected; women get their first vote
1921 - September 8: First Miss America pageant held in Atlantic City; November 11: Unknown soldier of World War I buried
1922 - November 26: Archaeologist Howard Carter finds tomb of Tutankhamen near Luxor, Egypt
1923 - August 2: President Harding dies; August 3: Vice President Calvin Coolidge is sworn into office as president
1924 - February 3: Former President Woodrow Wilson dies; November 4: Calvin Coolidge is elected President
1925 - October 2: Scottish inventor John Baird invents the first form of a television
1927 - First talking movie, The Jazz Singer released; May 20: Spirit of St. Louis and pilot Charles Lindbergh land in Paris
1928 - September 19: First Mickey Mouse talking film, Steamboat Willie, released by Walt Disney; November 6: Herbert Hoover elected President
1929 - October 24: Start of the Stock Market Crash
http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/decade/1920.htmUnited States presidential election, 1920
Warren G. Harding won the election of 1920 by a landslide. Calvin Coolidge took office after Harding died in 1923. Coolidge was now the 30th president and was in office from 1923-1929.
Famous People during the 1920s
Louise Brooks - Dancer and Movie Star
Gloria Swanson - Movie Star
Coco Chanel - Celebrity Fashion Designer
Charles Lindbergh - Famous Aviator and adventurer
Al Capone - Famous Gangster
F. Scott Fitzgerald - Self-proclaimed "Flapper King" & Author of The Great Gatsby
Jack Dempsey - Boxer
Babe Ruth - Baseball Player and unofficial King of New York
Albert Einstein - Famous Scientist
Duke Ellington- Leader of the Cotton Club
Charlie Chaplin- Director, Composer, Actor, Musician
Marcus Garvey- Black Civil Rights Activist
Cultural and Social Changes in America during the 1920s
The role of women changed dramatically during the 1920s
Women were now allowed to vote
They were also put to work and took up jobs of the men when they were at war
Alcoholic beveragerswere prohibited which caused underground bars knows as speakeasies
Girls now dressed more provacative and sexier that before
Gangsters became big in the 1920s
A common fad was women and men now smoking ciggarettes
Women now cut their hair very shorts
Swing dancing and jazz also became extremely popular
Women began to wear makeup
Harlem Renaissance began African American literature and had a significant impact on black literature and consciousness
The things that most people do not recognize of the 1920s
Racism was a huge problem in the 1920s
Example of racism is Sacco and Venzetticase, they didnt reiceve a fair trail
Hatred towards the Jewish, most immigrants, and blacks
Jim Crow Laws still existed in the south which made seperate facilites for blacks and whites
The KKK was an awful group that was against blacks and whoever was not christian or American
Farming was not booming at all during the decade
3/4 of the population was in poverty
Video Clips for the Roaring Twenties
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=684n8FO68LU&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SclJ94h2oyQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNAOHtmy4j0